The Lord hath need… We are meditating on Abraham’s meeting with Melchizedek and have tried to identify some key elements of this encounter. We have seen authentic ‘communion’ with God, a genuine priest’s power to bless in the name of
02. The Promise of the Seed to Abraham

And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in
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‘the head of an old man’ Guernico. Used by kind permission of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The making of a man of God. Preface. Every story has a purpose and my re-telling of this story has its purpose revealed in
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Particular responsibility and a look at the accounts This week’s devotional is a little more ‘technical’ and a little longer. We are going to see how Paul expounds Abraham’s experience. Please don’t be discouraged by that; these are vital truths
Day 01: The Promise of the Seed to Eve

And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.’ (Gen 3:15 NKJV) You start at the very beginning. The children have
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Wait I say on the Lord Our previous devotional found Abraham ‘waiting upon’ his visitors. His waiting upon God was not ‘in order that’… There was no secret ambition in his service; it was simply the instinct of his life.
Pressing on.
We’re heading towards 2023. In the late 90s, I purchased the “biblebase.com” domain name. Why .com? Well, in those days it was the obvious choice and many current domain names ending in .net, .org, etc., weren’t available. I had been
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Beware the Midianites In our last devotional, we began to explore some of the implications of the ritual of circumcision and the continuing truths that are implied in the typology. Let’s recap briefly. Circumcision is a picture of ‘no confidence
a call to Renew the Covenant: Countdown – 4 weeks
The First Passover The first of the annual ‘convocations’ was the feast of Passover, or as Leviticus expresses it “Jehovah’s Passover”. It marked the people’s last day in Egypt and the beginning of their freedom. The event is a new
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This is the way you shall bless An excursus is an academic expression. It means a digression in the narrative, a detour. Most preachers use detours in the course of their preaching. Some exceptional preachers can actually start with a


